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St Elizabeth Parish Manager for the Social Development Commission, Alric Miller.

SDC St. Elizabeth Grants $316,000 To Support Community Economic Initiatives

The Social Development Commission (SDC) in St. Elizabeth awarded $316,000 in grants last month to support economic development initiatives at the community level. Of the sum, $120,000 was provided under the Community Incentives and Grants Programme to four eligible community development committees (CDCs)....

Project Officer at the Jamaica Social investment Fund (JSIF), Dane McLean (right), looks on as Site Supervisor, Neville Williams (left), points out wiring work being done at a home in Steer Town, St. Ann under JSIF's $189 million Community Electrification Project.

150 Households in Steer Town Being Wired for Electricity

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left); Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, and Principal, Denham Town Primary School, Shernet Clarke Tomlinson, stand under a new sign that was unveiled after the school was renamed the Edward Seaga Primary School, on Thursday (June 3).

Denham Town Schools Renamed In Honour Of Seaga

State Minister in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, places flowers in honour of National Hero, The Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe, during a ceremony in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, St. James, on Sunday, May 23.

Tribute to Sam Sharpe

Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), and Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Councillor Representative for the Springfield Division, Reajean Bennett, lay a wreath at the Secret Gardens Monument in downtown Kingston, during a ceremony on Sunday (May 2) in memory of the nation’s children who have died under violent/tragic circumstances. The ceremony formed part of the Corporation’s activities commemorating Child Month during May under the theme: ‘I Strive to Overcome Adversities with Resilience’ (I.S.O.A.R.).

KSAMC Child Month Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Secret Gardens Monument (Photos)

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CISOCA Urges Increased Monitoring of Children’s Online Use

Head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Charmaine Shand, is calling on parents and guardians to be more vigilant in monitoring their children’s use of the online space in order to prevent them from falling victim to predators. SSP Shand, who was addressing the virtual launch of the...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, launches the Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), during the virtual European Union and Government of Jamaica Conference on results-based and people-centred development on March 30.

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PIOJ Launches Community Renewal Index

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has launched its Community Renewal Index (CRI 2020), which aims to improve access to empirical data to inform decision-making for community development. The Index is an initiative under the entity’s Community Renewal Programme, which benefits from capacity development support from the European Union (EU). Speaking at the launch on Tuesday (March 30), during the...

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (second left), hands over books produced by the JIS to Medical Social Worker, Bellevue Hospital, Patricia Wilson, on March 30. The books and other items have been donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. Also displaying items donated by the JIS (from left) are Director of Patient Services, Stacy-Ann Lawman; Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson; and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis.

5 years ago Community

Patients At Bellevue To Benefit From Reading Project

Patients at the Bellevue Hospital in Kingston are to benefit from an initiative by the institution to further improve their mental well-being, through a reading project on every ward. “You know how hospitals are and you have some patients who are here for a long period of time. I think something like this could benefit them to keep their minds...

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the hospital, on Tuesday (March 30).

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PHOTOS: JIS Donates Cultural Items To Bellevue Book Corner Project

Reporter, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ainsworth Morris (left), observes as Medical Social Worker, Patricia Wilson (second left); Chief Executive Officer, Bellevue Hospital, Marcia Mullings-Thompson (third left), and Medical Social Worker, Annette Francis, display the cultural items that are produced by the JIS, and donated to the hospital for their new Book Corner Project. The items were handed over at the...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.

5 years ago Community

Community Groups Praised For Contributing To Zones Of Special Operation Successes

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, has praised community groups for playing an integral role in generating the achievements recorded under the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO) islandwide. Mr. Sweeney, who also serves as deputy chairman of the ZOSO social intervention committee, told JIS News that dormant community groups that were reactivated and those that...

Head of Cooperation, European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Ricard Bardia Divins.

5 years ago CommunityForeign Affairs

Blind and Visually Impaired Artisans Get Improved Workspace

The 12 blind and visually impaired artisans of the Superior Craft and More Co-operative Society, are now offerings their skills in caning, webbing, wickerwork and cording from a more comfortable and well-equipped workspace. With grant funding of $1.8 million under the European Union (EU)-funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP), a small building was constructed to accommodate them at the Jamaica Society...

Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead.

5 years ago CommunityCoronavirusEnvironment

March 15 Is World Consumer Rights Day

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be observing World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2021 on Monday, March 15 under the theme ‘The COVID-Conscious Consumer: Food Security, Waste Disposal and Money Management.’ It is part of activities to mark World Consumer Rights Week from March 14 to 20. Speaking with JIS News, Director of Communications at the CAC, Latoya Halstead, said...